735660 - Marriage, Family, & Human Development (MS)
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ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS
Additional Requirements
GRE not required
Letters of Recommendation: Should be from individuals who can evaluate your current academic and/or professional skills and abilities. Character reference letters from friends, family or acquaintances are not appropriate.
Resume or Curriculum Vitae (CV)
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PROGRAM REQUIREMENT
The MS degree in MFHD provides students with a broad-based understanding in family sciences and human development. For some the MS is a terminal graduate degree that enhances professional opportunities. For other students this degree is designed to prepare them for doctoral study.
The graduate program is designed to address the theories, research, and practices that (1) strengthen marriages, (2) enhance the development of children, and (3) unfold the characteristics of quality nurturing relationships across generations.
Typically from six to ten students are admitted each year to the program, with the proportion of MS and PhD degree candidates varying each year.
For additional information about scholarships, assistantships, ongoing faculty research programs, and research facilities, go to http://mfhd.byu.edu/
Requirements for Degree.
36 credit hours of course work, distributed as follows:
Human Development - 6 credit hours:
course (3.0 credits) Advances in Human Development
One elective Human Development content course (3.0 credits)
Family Studies - 6 credit hours:
course (3.0 credits) Introduction to Research and Theory in Family Studies
One elective Family Studies content course (3.0 credits)
Theory - 3 credit hours:
course (3.0 credits) Theories of Human Development
Methods & Statistics - 15 credit hours:
course (3.0 credits) Applied Statistics in the Social Sciences
course (3.0 credits) Graduate Research Methods
course (3.0 credits) Multiple Regression
course (3.0 credits) Structural Equation Modeling in Social Sciences
One elective Methods & Statistics course (3.0 credits)
Thesis - 6 credit hours:
course (6.0 credits) Master's Thesis
Program of Study
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Thesis
Exam: oral defense of thesis and course work
